The problem with the Peter Principle is that it assumes somebody somewhere is competent in the first place. — John Alejandro King Aka The Covert Comic Copy Share Image
Frankly, I am shocked at the complete level of incompetence exhibited by lawyer after lawyer for Mr. Cohen and Mr. Trump. — Michael Avenatti Copy Share Image
For four years, I listened to stories of intelligence failures, and it wasn't due to incompetence of anyone in the system, but… — Charles Bass Copy Share Image
Seeming failure is not of the law of satyagrahabut of incompetence of the satyagrahi by whatever cause induced. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Unfortunately there was one thing that the white South feared more than Negro dishonesty, ignorance, and incompetency, and that was Negro honesty,… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
In explaining any puzzling Washington phenomenon, always choose stupidity over conspiracy, incompetence over cunning. Anything else gives them too much credit. — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
Despite all the hoopla - despite all the umpa - after 5 years of UDP mismanagement, corruption, and incompetence, we have sunk… — Said Musa Copy Share Image
The automatic reaction of practically any young person is, at once, against authority. That, I think, began in the First World War… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
With all that IMF money, the Thailand's and Mexico's are spared the consequences of their fiscal incompetence, and Wall Street's heavy hitters… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
One of the reasons for conspiracy theories is an assumption that people in high places always know what they are doing. When… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
If you manage a team of 10 people, its quite possible to do so with very few mistakes or bad behaviors. If… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
Altruism does not mean mere kindness or generosity, but the sacrifice of the best among men to the worst, the sacrifice of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Authoritarianism and secrecy breed incompetence; the two feed on each other. It's a vicious cycle. Governments with authoritarian tendencies point to what… — Josh Marshall Copy Share Image
In the crisis over ITV digital in 2002 for instance, the incompetence was staggering. EFL clubs were signed to a broadcast deal… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
The entire range of human experience is present in a church choir, including, but not restricted to jealousy, revenge, horror, pride, incompetence… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
The great mystery isn't that people do things badly but that they occasionally do a few things well. The only thing that… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
“President Trump and author Steven Magee have both been the victims of incompetent Democrat government police departments. In President Trump’s case, he… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“She could not descend to an existence where her brain would explode under the pressure of forcing itself not to outdistance incompetence.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I love my career, but I feel like you've got to babysit a lot of aspects of things. Assuming that things will… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“Here lies the separation of stupidity and incompetence. If you’re stupid, you just didn’t understand what happened and then make adjustments. If… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I think her comments - Hillary's Clinton comments just don't get the same attention that Trump's do. For example, she lied to… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
“A fingerpost indicates that this path leads to Abercynafon, which is not on or even close to the route of Beacons Way,… — Peter Wilson Copy Share Image
The supreme crime of the church to-day is that everywhere and in all its operations and influences it is on the side… — Upton Sinclair Copy Share Image
Arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence. Not a pretty cocktail of personality traits in the best of situations. No sirree. Not a pretty cocktail… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
When I heard the book (Thomas Friedman's latest) was actually coming out, I started to worry. Among other things, I knew I… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
As coercive monopolies that spend other people's money taken by force, governments are uniquely unqualified to solve problems. They are riddled by… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
“Since most parents are reluctant to talk about sex, schools have tried to fill the gap. In America, when we decide to… — Bob Smith Copy Share Image
On almost every issue involving postwar Iraq, [Bush's] assumptions and policies have been wrong. This strange combination of arrogance and incompetence has… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
“The only thing I feel to be really mine is a huge incapacity, a vast emptiness, an incompetence for everything that is… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
I believe that the president's (Bush) leadership in the actions taken in Iraq demonstrate an incompetence in terms of knowledge, judgment and… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
The country and the Congress were misled into war. I regret that we were not given the truth; as I said more… — Senator John Kerry Copy Share Image
Every clique is a refuge for incompetence. It fosters corruption and disloyalty, it begets cowardice, and consequently is a burden upon and… — Soong May-ling Copy Share Image
“In other words, the Regent was to be informed that his Captain had been well and truly turned off, in a manner… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
Guilt is the sum total of: All the negative feelings we have ever had about ourselves! Any form of self-hatred, self-rejection, feelings… — Kenneth Wapnick Copy Share Image
I guess working in the legitimate industry, the best thing you can take away from it is acceptance of the incompetence that… — Dan Harmon Copy Share Image
When an artist is in the strict sense working, he of course takes into account the existing tastes, interests and capacity of… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I got fired seven or eight times before I was 32. And of those seven or eight times, I got fired not… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
My niceness has a very low threshold and that little girl just sucked it dry, so don’t push me, Olympain. I don’t… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
We all have a vast number of areas in which we have no talent or skill and little chance of becoming even… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
“I hate incompetence. I think it’s probably the only thing I do hate. But it didn’t make me want to rule people.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image